greased lightning showroom shine

T.F.S.B.I.G.W.S.

has anyone tried this stuff?
http://www.greasedlightning.co.uk/viewproducts.php?set=32

T.F.S.B.I.G.W.S.

Officer_Dibble wrote: »

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Not a lot of good then?

[Deleted User]

I watched it on the Ideal World shopping channel earlier too. I was also thinking about buying some but I'm always sceptical of shopping channel stuff after I bought that Paint Wizard roller thing rubbish. :rolleyes:

onejontwo

I've tried this but as a replacement for the old bucket and sponge it's not worth it. However as a polish it is one of the best around ie. easy to apply and remove even in sunshine, and" beads" for quite some time after.

maniac886

Try Optimum No-Rinse, I use this during the winter time. Well recommended on Detailing World.

ses6jwg

I wonder what types of solvents they must put in these "no water" solutions?

"Safe for paint" is different to "Good for paint"

Inactive

Almost anything and everything on any shopping channel is over hyped and grossly over priced.

You are effectively allowing a high pitched sales patter in to your living room.

tempuscat

Unfortunately with these so-called UK TV shopping channels, there's little in the way of regulatory oversight. The naive and the gullible therefore have no way of knowing if:

(a) what they're being presented with is a genuine "bargain" and:

(b) if what is said on screen about the number of buyers / bidders is remotely truthful.

Ideal World TV is a case in point.

Immediately prior to yesterday's insights (sic) into the miraculous car polish, Ideal World TV was running -- and is again running today, Sunday -- a "bargain" promotion of the Earlex Outdoor / Indoor Spray Station 1900 (actually, a pretty decent product.)

Ideal World reported that nearly all its phone lines were "jammed" with people ringing in to purchase this Earlex product. Ideal World went on to state that the stock it held would likely vanish after this weekend due to the amazing price and the sheer volume of eager buyers -- so GET ON THE PHONE TO US NOW!!!!

According to Ideal World, the Earlex Spray Station 1900 costs £70 RRP.

At Ideal World's £50, it's a bargain. (No spoken mention of the additional £6 P&P though: that's contained within the on-screen small print.)

So: £56 from Ideal World, and the phone lines are burning as buyers from throughout the UK rush to place their order.

Allegedly.

How odd, then, that Amazon UK lists this item at an RRP not of £70, but £58.32p. This RRP is then discounted by Amazon down to £48. And no charge for post & packing.

Already, the Ideal World TV "bargain" begins to look anything but.

Meanwhile, Tesco Direct is currently running a 20% discount promotion on Earlex products.

The Amazing Ideal World TV Bargain of £50 is actually £43 at Tesco.

And Tesco will deliver to the purchaser's local store for collection free of charge.

So: Ideal World TV, phone lines burning up, buyers falling over themselves to spend £56 all-in on this bargain-of-the-year.

Tesco Direct: £43 all-in.

(And in the event of the product going wrong during its 2-year warranty, I know which place I'd prefer to deal with / return the goods to.)

I've no doubt this example could be replicated time and time again with any and all of the UK's absurd "television shopping channels" whether they're retailing an item at (allegedly) a bargain price or running (allegedly) an on-screen auction.

But it only takes one example like this to demonstrate just how much of a "bargain" these "amazing opportunities" truly are from television's shopping and auction bid channels.

As an earlier poster noted: if you want objective advice, don't expect it from a salesman. (Where car polishes etc are concerned, just Google detailing world on the Internet: it's excellent, and will quickly provide a list of products which do, genuinely, work. Alternatively, go to the Auto Express website: its reviews archive covers just about every kind of polishing and finishing product.)

Moral: in an ideal world, there'd be no Ideal World.

albionwarrior

Brilliant stuff use it all the time.Clean and shine my car in 15 minutes start to finish.

GT60

Nothing like a bucket and sponge and some hard work with some autoglym polish all = a brillant finish and does not cost a pretty penny and you know it will last and protect the paint work.
Niall